The airport also serves as a "reliever airport" for Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, located 30 air miles away. One of the airport's two runways is equipped to handle any passenger airline, regardless of weather. The airport sees about 70,000 take-offs and landings a year for aircraft repair, maintenance and storage.

Premier Air, along with fellow tenants -- aircraft interior repair and installer Completion Air and flight trainer Langa Air Inc. --have combined to create 500 jobs at the Bethalto airport. **9/1/09 - Langa air has closed.